Word: mosses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Columbus, Ohio, Ambrose Moss, 31, brawny Negro, was committed last week for the third time to the State Hospital for the Insane. With a table he smashed the skulls of Sylvester Shannon, 27, and Frank T. Wilson, 52, both inmates. Attendants broke his neck...
There is a breadth of view in this beginner's handbook that is breath-taking. Among the methods of seduction that are listed, the familiar "Feel My Muscle" approach, the plaintive. "An Ugly Old Thing Like Me" style, and the moss-backed "Everybody Does It" argument illustrate sufficient diversity to command the tyro's respect. The author handles these three outline cases with a facile calm surpassing the pure human. In returning the book to one's desk after the three hours it takes to read it from cover to cover, the first reaction should be a feeling of gratitude...
...beauties, find it quite easy to maintain a parity of nudity. The proceedings are of the hot weather variety which used to occur on the old Winter Garden stage before the lean years fell on the spangle manufacturers. Among the show's subtler assets are a waltz by Moss & Fontana, a bedroom scene in which Gertrude Lawrence creates considerable foolishment, and the spinning, leaping rhythms of Anton Dolin, a swarthy Englishman who once led the Diaghiliev Rus-sian ballet. Jimmy McHugh has written pleasant songs ("On the Sunny Side of the Street," "Exactly Like You") which are plugged...
Fire swooped upon "Hobcaw Barony," island mansion of Bernard Mannes Baruch at moss-hung Georgetown, S. C., and totally destroyed it. Mr. Baruch and household, uninjured, withdrew to Kingstree, S. C., 30 miles inland...